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| Artist : David Nail |
| Album : THe Sound Of A Million Dreams |
| Label : MCA Nashville |
| Year : 2011 |
| Genre : Country |
| Rip date : Nov-21-2011 |
| Store date : Nov-15-2011 |
| Size : 88,10 MB |
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| 01 - Grandpa's Farm 04:21 |
| 02 - Songs For Sale feat. Lee Ann Womack 03:44 |
| 03 - Desiree 04:52 |
| 04 - She Rides Away 04:37 |
| 05 - Let It Rain feat. Sarah Buxton 04:59 |
| 06 - I Thought You Knew 03:43 |
| 07 - Catch You While I Can 04:23 |
| 08 - Half Mile Hill 04:20 |
| 09 - That's How I'll Remember You 04:59 |
| 10 - The Sound Of A Million Dreams 03:55 |
| 11 - Catherine feat. Will Hoge 04:53 |
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| 48:46 min |
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| Considering the chart life of "Let It Rain," the pre-release single from |
| David Nail's sophomore album The Sound of a Million Dreams, it's curious |
| to note that it's not the best song here. Co-produced by Chuck Ainlay |
| and Frank Liddell, the album's sound feels more "live"; it's easy to |
| hear these songs as concert entries. Nail wrote or co-wrote three tracks |
| here, including the single, but it's the other cuts that have more |
| impact -- at least musically. Lyrically almost everything is well inside |
| the strict confines of contemporary country subject matter -- as |
| evidenced by the opener, "Grandpa's Farm." To be fair, despite its truly |
| awful words, the track feels more like a tough, funky, bluesy Southern |
| R&B groover. If Delaney & Bonnie were recording in the 21st century (and |
| trying to make money), they might sound something like this. The backing |
| vocals by Joanna Cotton and Kim Parent make the refrains soar, and |
| gritty piano by Chuck Leavell, Doug Pettibone's knotty guitar, and Glenn |
| Worf's in-the-cut bassline don't hurt either. It does contain the |
| requisite CC banjo, but the song rocks more than it rolls, and the |
| emotional expressiveness in Nail's voice sells it. Keith Urban and |
| Vernon Rust's "Desiree" grabs just enough from '70s-era Fleetwood Mac to |
| contrast with Nail's vocal. Again, it's the backing vocals -- Sarah |
| Buxton and Chris Rodriguez -- that carry the song's hooky chorus into |
| the stratosphere. The big surprise is "She Rides Away," which begins as |
| a shimmering ballad but erupts into a full-blown country-rock paean to |
| lost love. Nail's firmly committed to its lyric and the band just brings |
| it all. Nail co-wrote "Let It Rain," and it works because Leavell's |
| brilliant B-3 and Wurlitzer work and Buxton's backing vocal fill out the |
| song's rather sketchy, de rigueur melody. When you add Nail's voice, it |
| gets depth and soul. The set closes strong, too. "That's How I'll |
| Remember You" begins slowly, but picks up steam with canny production |
| and has to be the first country song to mention Brooklyn, New York |
| nostalgically. The title track -- and second single -- directly channels |
| Bruce Springsteen musically, and goes so far as to admit it by name- |
| checking the Boss' "Born to Run" and Bob Seger's "Main Street." He also |
| name-checks Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" to come full circle. Nail's |
| "Catherine," the closer, is the best evidence of his songwriting prowess |
| and showcases his voice unrestricted. It's one of the best things here. |
| There is no sophomore jinx on The Sound of a Million Dreams. Musically |
| and sonically it's well above average, even if there are three generic |
| cuts in the middle that keep it from rising to the next level. |
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